Shyamala Maisondeau, Perfumer

Native of Malaysia, Shyamala decided to study in the UK and obtained her Chemical Engineering degreein 1993. She then spent a year and ahalf as an evaluator in Givaudan's offices in Hong-Kong. In 1994, she entered the Givaudan Perfumery School in Grasse, France, for 3 year. She then spent the next 8 years working for Kao. She joined the Givaudan Paris Fine Fragrance team in 206 where she remains today.

Maisondieu unofficially won 2016's Men's Luxury Fragrance category at the Fragrance Foundation Awards with her 'Venetian Bergamot' by Tom Ford.